In the power starved state of Tamil Nadu any addition to electricity generation capacity, howsoever small, helps. In a few months, the State is likely to get 100 MW of capacity from Sterlite Industries. The company part of the Vedanta ...
Tags: Tamil Nadu, electricity generation capacity, Sterlite Industries, India
Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises have continued the upgrading of blast furnaces by installing coal injection facilities amid gas price hikes and tough competition on the domestic and foreign markets in 2012. Mr Anatoliy Starovoit ...
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Business Line reported that growth rate of 8 core sector industries declined to 1.8% in November, from 7.8% in the same month last year, due to drop in production of coal, natural gas and cement. The 8 core sector industries had registered ...
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PTI quoted government auditor CAG as saying that state owned iron ore producer NMDC needs to come up with a specific strategy to acquire mines overseas. CAG in a recent report said that "Company has been making efforts to acquire mines ...
Reuters cited Turkey's energy minister as saying that state power companies in Turkey and United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement to invest in a USD 12 billion project to produce electricity in Turkey's Afsin-Elbistan region. The ...
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Singapore Exchange has cleared a record high of 108.9 million tonnes for its flagship iron ore swaps in 2012.This is 2.5 times of the 43.2 million tonnes cleared in 2011. Open interest reached an all time high of 12.3 million tonnes on ...
Singapore Exchange has cleared a record high of 108.9 million tonnes for its flagship iron ore swaps in 2012.This is 2.5 times of the 43.2 million tonnes cleared in 2011. Open interest reached an all time high of 12.3 million tonnes on ...
Tags: SGX Iron Ore Swaps, Hit Record High, flagship iron ore swaps
Business Standard reported that with the conventional energy projects unable to address the power crisis, 2012 saw the emergence of renewable energy in a big way. The state government announced a new solar policy with a target to set up ...
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For a country with one of the largest reserves of natural resources in the world,the transformational potential of India's resources sector is immense.The sector has the potential to add USD 1 trillion to the Indian economy that can ...
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Mr.Dmitry Nikolaenko,sales director and member of the executive committee of Metinvest,shared his thoughts with SteelOrbis about Metinvest's acquisition of Zaporizhstal,about Metinvest's services and on the Turkish flat steel market in ...
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US railroads in 2012 hauled less coal, by far the largest commodity to travel by rail, but made gains in other commodity groups, such as petroleum products, which saw growth of more than 46%, according to annual traffic data released ...
Tags: US Rail Traffic, Coal Woes, Oil Loads Climb, Chemicals
Coal traders returned to their posts on Wednesday, snapping the streak of low volume sessions in the US over-the-counter thermal coal market since the Christmas holiday. Central Appalachian barge and rail (CSX) contracts, as well as ...
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Spot coking coal prices in Asia-Pacific were either steady or slightly higher Monday depending on the coal type amid positive trends in steel and iron ore prices. Price moves in metallurgical coal remained limited, however, as there ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 17 fell and 65 remained unchanged on 28/12/2012.The largest rises were DOP (1.34%),Hydrofluoric acid (0.88%),Silver (0.68%),while the ...
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Twitter launched an interactive map to shine a spotlight on which of the presidential candidates' tweets gain the most traction in different areas of the country. As election day nears, President Barack Obama and his Republican ...
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